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THE SPECIES

 

1. Subfamily Serrasalminae or Serrasalmidae?

2. Genus Pygocentrus

3. Genus Serrasalmus

4. Genus Pristobrycon

5. Genus Pygopristis

6. Genus Catoprion

7. Genus Metynnis

 

PIRANHA TEETH

Assorted teeth, Click here

 

PACU & SILVER DOLLAR TEETH

Assorted Teeth, Click here

NON-PIRANHA SPECIES

 

Other Predatory Fishes

 

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BREEDING PIRANHAS

1. Breeding The Red-bellied piranha

2. Breeding  Serrasalmus spilopleura

3. Breeding Pygocentrus nattereri

4. Breeding Serrasalmus maculatus

5. Breeding Pygocentrus cariba

 

THE LAW V. PIRANHAS

1. U.S. and Other countries.

2. State by State List of Prohibited.

3. ODFW tries to change law.

4. Ruling in Oregon Piranhas sets Precedence.

 

PIRANHA NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS

1. Monster making, Public fears of Piranhas

2. Just Photos.

3. Swim the Amazon will try to break old record.

4. News Day.com Denise Flaim.

5. Piranha Soup,

 

THE SCIENCES, VISITING LABS and AMAZON TOURS

1.   List of published Scientific documents

2.   Photo Album of Serrasalminae Fishes

3.   Projeto Piaba - Project Ornamental Fishes

4.   Margarita Tours. - Amazon Expeditions (.pdf)

5.   Project Amazonas, Inc- The Worlds Greatest River

6.   Visiting Dr. William L. Fink- UMMZ

7.   Visiting Dr. Antonio Machado-Allison - MBUCV

8.   Fishing the Río Parguaza Venezuela

9.   Megapiranha paranensis

10. William P. Braker, Scientist Extraordinaire.

11. Animals of the Venezuelan Llanos

 

VISITING FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS

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FISH INJURIES AND STRESS FACTORS

1. Parasite & Diseases of Piranhas

2. Piranha Repairing Own Body From Bites

3. Stress vs. Piranhas in the Home Aquarium

 

OPEFE RESEARCH

1.   Collecting Fin Clippings for DNA

2.   The Fossil Record of Piranhas

3.   The History of Ichthyology

4.   Feeding Seeds to Pygocentrus nattereri

5.   Piranha Under Microscope

6.   How To Measure Piranhas Scientifically.

7.   Most Dangerous and Meanest Piranha Available

8.   A review of published piranha books

9.   Mimicry and Piranhas

10.  Guidelines for a mixed species tank.

11.  Catching Wild Piranhas

12.  Body Parts of A Piranha

13.  Wild Piranhas

14.  Articles Frank Magallanes is cited.

15.  Piranha eggs: S. spilopleura v. S. marginatus.

16.  Sexing Piranhas

17.  David M. Schleser photos

18.  Piranha Die Off See photo here.

19.  Piranha Bites Hobbyist

20.  Body Shapes of Piranha and Pirambeba

21What is the most dangerous and meanest piranha?

22Geographical forms of S. rhombeus.

23Geographical forms of P. nattereri.

24Geographical forms of S. maculatus.

25Serrasalmus compressus Group.

26Unidentified (piranha) Species.

27. PIRANHA: Fruits and Seeds in native habitat.

 

PHOTOS

1. Common photos of Everyday Life

2. Arachnids

3. Birds

4. Insects

PROPER TERMINOLOGY REVIEW

1. Cohabitation and piranhas

2. Piranha ecosystem, defining a term

3. What is a shoal?

4. The Science of Ichthyology.

5.  Definition of common names

 

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

1.   Monster Fish Rescue. Send your unwanted pet fish here.

2.   Oddballs in Pygocentrus

3.   Why is Serrasalmo ternetzi still being used?

4.   Piranha Classification Mess

5.   Project: Piranha Mummification

6.   Piranha: Fruits and Seeds In The Native Habitat

7.   How to ID Piranha from Pacu

8.   Sexual Dimorphism of Piranhas

9.   Keeping Freshwater Barracuda, Acestrorhynchus

10. Testimony of Frank Magallanes

11Frank Magallanes and OPEFE history

12Fooling around with exotic fish (Creating a monstrosity)

13DVD for sale, piranhas of Venezuela

14Project Piranha Mummification

15.  Tom Lorenz, Acestrorhyncus care page

 

MIXING PIRANHA SPECIES

1.  S, sanchezi as a pair (now a group) in the home aquarium

2.  Inter-relationship between Pygocentrus and Serrasalmus

3.  Inter-relationship between Pygocentrus species and Serrasalmus brandtii

4.  Piranha Pecking Order in the aquarium.

 

WATER CHEMISTRY

1. Cold tolerance of Pygocentrus nattereri

2. Water Chemistry for Piranhas.

 

 

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UPDATE: 09/09/2009